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t <br /> 5 . GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br /> This structure was built in the late 1920 ' s as a community <br /> school . In the early 1950 ' s , the building was converted into a <br /> private residence . The covered porch was added at this time . <br /> The one - and- a-half story structure is two rooms wide and <br /> four rooms long and features three gabled dormer windows <br /> on the front facade , with the middle being a double window . <br /> There are two front doors , six- over- six double -hung <br /> windows , gable returns on the gable sides , and the house is <br /> sheathed in novelty siding . The attached porch is one story <br /> in height and covers a third of the front ( east) facade and <br /> wraps around half of the south facade . <br /> 6 . HISTORY <br /> The Carr community, a traditionally African-American <br /> enclave near the Cedar Grove rural crossroads , decided to <br /> build a school within their neighborhood because their <br /> children were forced to travel several miles to attend <br /> segregated schools . <br /> The White Oak Grove School was built in the late 1920s , <br /> adjacent to the White Oak Grove Church . It officially <br /> opened on October 19 , 1927 after contributions from the <br /> local community matched an appropriation by the Orange <br /> County Board of Education . <br /> The building of the school galvanized the community . <br /> Numerous fund raisers were conducted in order to match the <br /> funding from the County school board . Festivities such as <br /> cookouts and bake sales , box sales , and ` womanless <br />